[SPARK-41400] Split of API classes from Catalyst

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.5.0
• Component/s: Connect
• Assignee: Rui Wang
• Reporter: Herman van Hövell
• Created: 06/Dec/22 00:52
• Updated: 29/Jul/23 01:32
• Resolved: 29/Jul/23 01:32

Description

For the Spark Connect Scala Client we need a couple of classes that currently reside in Catalyst to be moved to a new sql/api project.

Concretely the following classes will be moved:

• Row
• DataType the entire hierarchy
• Encoder